Labour Standards and Relations

Diplomacy, Trade and Aid: Searching for "Synergies"

<time datetime="2013-11-27T14:45:29-05:00">November 27, 2013</time>

Canada’s foreign aid could be more effective, were strategies in place that addressed the problem of weak host-country governance, which currently renders aid inefficient or even counter-…

Absent With Leave: The Implications of Demographic Change for Worker Absenteeism

<time datetime="2013-09-24T17:45:41-04:00">September 24, 2013</time>

Demographic forces are helping drive up the Canadian workforce’s reported absence rates owing to illness, according to a study released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Absent With Leave: The…

How Ottawa Can Deliver a Reformed Canada Post

<time datetime="2013-08-08T13:45:54-04:00">August 8, 2013</time>

The federal government should progressively allow new entrants to bid for some of the mail services currently provided by Canada Post, says a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “…

Access Denied: The Effect of Apprenticeship Restrictions in Skilled Trades

Outdated provincial regulations are needlessly limiting the number of apprenticeship opportunities available to trades workers, according to a report today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Access…

The Hole in Ontario’s Budget: WSIB’s Unfunded Liability

<time datetime="2012-03-22T13:45:40-04:00">March 22, 2012</time>

Ontario faces a $19.7 billion unfunded liability at its Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) based on a fair-value accounting approach, according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “…

Who Can Work Where: Reducing Barriers to Labour Mobility in Canada

Intelligence Memos

Mikal Skuterud - Who’s Working in Canada? Why We Don’t Really Know

From: Mikal Skuterud To: Labour Market Observers Date: September 15, 2023 Re: Who’s Working in Canada? Why We Don’t Really Know In 2022, Canada’s population grew by more than 1…

Intelligence Memos

Mahboubi, Zhang - Our Underemployed Economic Immigrants: How to Stop Wasting Talent

To: Canadian immigration watchers From: Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting Zhang Date: September 6, 2023 Re: Our Underemployed Economic Immigrants: How to Stop Wasting Talent Canada…

Op-Ed

Tax reform badly needed to help fix Canada's productivity problem - Financial Post

The decline of Canada’s labour productivity is making headlines across the country and raising concerns about the country’s economic prosperity. In real terms, per capita GDP has been…